Day 138
June 6, 2025
6 incidents
- Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Deportation & Immigration
Abrego Garcia returned to the United States
After nearly three months in Salvadoran custody, and nearly two months after the Supreme Court order, Abrego Garcia was returned to the United States to face new criminal charges in Tennessee.
From: Kilmar Abrego Garcia Deported to El Salvador Despite Withholding Order
- Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Deportation & Immigration
Abrego Garcia returned to face criminal charges
The government returns Abrego Garcia to the United States, and the Justice Department announces he has been indicted in Tennessee on human-smuggling charges.
From: Pattern of Wrongful Deportations: US Citizens and Protected Individuals Removed Despite Court Orders
- Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Deportation to Torture
Abrego Garcia returned to the US and indicted
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — wrongly deported to CECOT despite a court order protecting him — is returned to the US, and the Justice Department announces a Tennessee indictment on human smuggling charges based on a 2022 traffic stop. Legal observers and The Intercept describe the charges as retaliatory. A federal judge dismissed the criminal case in May 2026; the Justice Department appealed in August 2026.
From: Secret $6 Million Contract to Outsource Detention to El Salvador's CECOT
- Serious Rights Violation Corruption & Self-Dealing
Supreme Court allows DOGE access to SSA data
The Supreme Court grants the Trump administration's emergency application, lifting the injunction blocking DOGE access to Social Security data. All three liberal justices dissent. The Court also exempts DOGE from responding to a FOIA request for information about its recommendations to the president.
From: DOGE Unauthorized Access to Treasury, OPM, and Social Security Databases
- Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Deportation to Torture
Abrego Garcia returned to face charges
The government returns Abrego Garcia to the United States, where he is indicted in Tennessee on human-smuggling charges.
From: Second-Term Mass Deportations: Largest Enforcement Operation in U.S. History
- Major Abuse of Power Press Freedom
D.C. Circuit stays injunction in part
A divided D.C. Circuit panel (2-1) grants a partial stay pending appeal, holding that restricted spaces such as the Oval Office and Air Force One are not First Amendment forums.
From: Second-Term Press Attacks: AP Barred From Press Pool, Pool Access Restricted